Little Corporals with small hands

Today I read a story in the Atlantic about how one sorry assed SOB went from being a vegan leftwing nut in high school to a high profile (yet pretty cowardly) neo-Nazi thug and uber troll.  The story had a lot to say about how a short, awkward dweeb with no self-esteem, who is probably a closeted homosexual and is there for self-hating, misogynistic, narcissist and who goes to great lengths to prove to the world and himself could go from one extreme to the other pretty quickly.  It also had a lot to say about why this guy could so thoroughly identify with Trump.  It's worth a read.  It's long.  You've been warned.


In other news, the Paranoid Style of American Politics isn't a new thing. 

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